diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bcfb181..393ac81 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,16 @@ unicode-bom = "1"
 
 [dependencies.winapi]
 version = "0.3"
-features = ["wincon","consoleapi","minwindef"]
+features = [
+    "wincon",
+    "consoleapi",
+    "minwindef",
+    "shellapi",
+    "winuser",
+    "synchapi",
+    "combaseapi",
+    "winbase",
+    "processthreadsapi",
+    "objbase",
+    "impl-default"
+]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ea8ab2a..fc22cfa 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 use std::{
     env,
+    ffi::CString,
+    mem::size_of,
+    path::Path,
     process::{exit, Command},
+    ptr::null_mut,
 };
 
 use winapi::{
     shared::minwindef::{BOOL, DWORD, FALSE, TRUE},
-    um::{consoleapi, wincon},
+    um::{
+        combaseapi::CoInitializeEx,
+        consoleapi,
+        objbase::{COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED, COINIT_DISABLE_OLE1DDE},
+        processthreadsapi::GetExitCodeProcess,
+        shellapi::{ShellExecuteExA, SEE_MASK_NOASYNC, SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS, SHELLEXECUTEINFOA},
+        synchapi::WaitForSingleObject,
+        winbase::INFINITE,
+        wincon,
+        winuser::SW_NORMAL,
+    },
 };
 
 unsafe extern "system" fn routine_handler(evt: DWORD) -> BOOL {
@@ -30,6 +44,7 @@ const EXIT_FAILED_SPAWN_PROG: i32 = 2;
 const EXIT_FAILED_WAIT_PROG: i32 = 3;
 const EXIT_PROG_TERMINATED: i32 = 4;
 
+const ERROR_ELEVATION_REQUIRED: i32 = 740;
 fn main() {
     let res: BOOL = unsafe { consoleapi::SetConsoleCtrlHandler(Some(routine_handler), TRUE) };
     if res == FALSE {
@@ -52,6 +67,9 @@ fn main() {
     };
     let mut cmd = match Command::new(&shim.target_path).args(&args).spawn() {
         Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(ERROR_ELEVATION_REQUIRED) => {
+            exit(execute_elevated(&shim.target_path, &args))
+        }
         Err(e) => {
             eprintln!(
                 "Error while spawning target program `{}`: {}",
@@ -74,3 +92,54 @@ fn main() {
     };
     exit(status.code().unwrap_or(EXIT_PROG_TERMINATED))
 }
+
+fn execute_elevated(program: &Path, args: &[String]) -> i32 {
+    let runas = CString::new("runas").unwrap();
+    let program = CString::new(program.to_str().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let mut params = String::new();
+    for arg in args.iter() {
+        params.push(' ');
+        if arg.len() == 0 {
+            params.push_str("\"\"");
+        } else if arg.find(&[' ', '\t', '"'][..]).is_none() {
+            params.push_str(&arg);
+        } else {
+            params.push('"');
+            for c in arg.chars() {
+                match c {
+                    '\\' => params.push_str("\\\\"),
+                    '"' => params.push_str("\\\""),
+                    c => params.push(c),
+                }
+            }
+            params.push('"');
+        }
+    }
+
+    let params = CString::new(&params[..]).unwrap();
+    let mut info = SHELLEXECUTEINFOA::default();
+    info.cbSize = size_of::<SHELLEXECUTEINFOA>() as DWORD;
+    info.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOASYNC | SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
+    info.lpVerb = runas.as_ptr();
+    info.lpFile = program.as_ptr();
+    info.lpParameters = params.as_ptr();
+    info.nShow = SW_NORMAL;
+    let res = unsafe {
+        CoInitializeEx(
+            null_mut(),
+            COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED | COINIT_DISABLE_OLE1DDE,
+        );
+        ShellExecuteExA(&mut info as *mut _)
+    };
+    if res == FALSE || info.hProcess == null_mut() {
+        return EXIT_FAILED_SPAWN_PROG;
+    }
+    let mut code: DWORD = 0;
+    unsafe {
+        WaitForSingleObject(info.hProcess, INFINITE);
+        if GetExitCodeProcess(info.hProcess, &mut code as *mut _) == FALSE {
+            return EXIT_FAILED_WAIT_PROG;
+        }
+    }
+    return code as i32;
+}